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J. R. SHAGKLETON. Window-Cornice.

No. 225,877. Patented Mar. 23,1880;

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N. PETERS. PNqmqmoGnAPHER, WASNINGTON B C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES R. SHAOKLETON, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO E. B. VALENTINE & 60., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WlNDOW-CORNICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,877, dated March 23, 1880.

Application filed Febnlary 13, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that 1, JAMES R. SHAGKLETON, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Adjustable Window Gornices, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a rear view of a cornice 1o embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the same.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to adjustable or extensible cornices for windows; and it consists in the combination, with a center-piece having an attached clamp, of end pieces, both having an inwardly-projecting guide-rod (one or more) passing through the clamp, and having respectively a hole or mortise to admit the guiderod of the other end piece, so that while the end pieces can be readily set to lengthen or shorten the cornice the clamp acts on both end pieces, thereby not only facilitating adjustment, but also simplifying the construction of the article.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the centerpiece, and B B the end pieces, of my cornice, each piece being or containing an ornament of the desired character.

0 designates a clamp attached to the center-piece A. D D are two inwardly-projecting guide-rods, one on each of the end pieces,

and E E holes or mortises in the end pieces, corresponding to the guide-rods.

The clamp G consists of a fixed part, f, and a loose part,f, joined by set-screws g g, and in the division-line between the two parts are holes for the passage of the guide-rods D D. 4 The holes E E are in the inner ends of the end pieces, B B, and the hole in one piece is opposite to the guide-rod D of the other piece, so that the rods may enter the holes.

When the parts are put together the guiderods D D extend through the clamp O and into the holes E E, so as to be capable of sliding. The end pieces, B B, can thus bereadily set toward or away from each other, for the purpose of giving the cornice the required length, while both end pieces are held fast by tightening the screws of the clam p.

It will be seen that in my cornice a single clamp is used to hold both of the end pieces. One of the advantages thereby gained is a saving of time and labor in adjusting the cornice, and another a simplification of the construction of the article as compared to the cornices now in existence.

In the class of cornices to which my invention belongs it is desirable to extend the cen- 6o tral ornament, commonly known as the centcr, with any increase in the length of the article, in order to preserve its symmetry of shape, and for this purpose it is common to add to the center-piece a wing at each side. This desired purpose may be accomplished by constructing the end pieces, B B, with top ornaments h h at their inner ends, corresponding to the top ornaments t upon the centerpiece, A, so that the ornaments h h and i are continuations of each other and constitute a figure which is elongated or shortened with a similar change in the cornice.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a window-cornice, the combination, with a center-piece having an attached clamp, of end pieces, both having an inwardly-projecting guide-pin passing through the clamp, and respectively having a hole or mortise to admit the guide-pin of the other, the whole constructed and adapted for use substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 5th day of February, 1880.

J AMES R. SHAOKLETON. LL. s.] \Vitnesses CHAS. WAHLERs,

W. O. HAUFF. 

